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 12 S. VIII. MARCH 12, 1921.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 203' (1) Henrietta Maria, bap. Wath, Jan. 20, 1692, buried Wath, Feb. 20, 1693 ; (2) Richard, bap. Wath, Nov. 5, 1695, d. Jan. 14, 1757 ; (3) Elizabeth born (?), buried W^ath, Sept. 25, 1705. It has not been ascertained when he was married for the second time, but it appears that he purchased an annuity for his second wife from the Mercers' Company, the record of which unfortunately cannot now be traced. He had, at least, two children by his second wife, viz., Henry, born about 1708 and baptized at St. Martin's, Ludgate, and Anne, who was alive unmarried at her father's death. The eldest son, Richard, matriculated at Christchurch, Oxon, Feb. 29, 1711 / 12 ; B.A., Feb. 9,1715 /16 ; M.A. June 13, 1718 ; Rector of St. Nicolas, Guildford,Surrey, 1720, and Vicar of Godalming, 1721 ; Prebendary of Coll. Church of Heytesbury, 1719-57. An oval painting of the Doctor, cet. 63, by Riley, and another of his wife, by Verelst, now hang in the hall at Norton Conyers. He rrarried the widow of Sir Robert Godshall, Kt., M.P., sometime Lord Mayor cf London, and died Jan. 14, 1757, apparently without issue, as his will makes no reference to children. The second son, Henry, matriculated at St. John's, Camb., Mar. 6, 1724 /5, but nothing further regard- ing him has, so far, been traced. It may be added that Dr. Younger was a member of the Renewed Commission ap- pointed by Queen Anne, Nov. 25, 1702, for the rebuilding of St. Paul's Cathedral. He was also a beneficiary under the will of Capt. Luke Fawne "Citizen and Stationer," a bookseller at the sign of the Parrot, St. Paul's Churchyard. This will was proved in 1 666 and there were also legacies to Jane, Sarah and Anne Younger, step- daughters of his cousin Valentine Shuck- browe, who had married Bridget, the widow of a Mr. Younger probably one of the Daventry family. A Valentine Younger is also mentioned in the will, possibly a son of Dr. Younger 's uncle of that na.me. It seems curious that a fuller record of Dr. Younger's life has apparently never been published. (See Bloxam's Register of Magdalen Coll., Oxon ' ; Macray's do. ; Foster's Alumni Oxon ' ; W r ater's Genealogical Gleanings ' ; Political State of Great Bri- tain ' ; The Genealogist, vol. vii., N.S. ; Archives of Dutch Church, Austin friars ; Neve's Mon. Northern Notes and Queries ; Jones, * Fasti Ecclesise Sarisberiensis, ' 'Ballard'sMS.') GEORGE W. YOUNGER, F.C.T.S. A MISCELLANY OF MODERN FOLK-LORE. I. FOLK RHYMES. THE two villages in the Cotswold,-Hming- ton and Ebrington would seem from the- rhymes still current in their neighbourhood to have had a poor opinion of one another* Ilmington in Warwickshire certainly poked fun at the " Yebberton Mawms " in a crude and hardly friendly manner. These poetical efforts are worth preserving because at times they seem to embody traces of much earlier folk-lore. The modern versions are very corrupt. Those here given were known to- the late T. Scarlet Potter, in his boyhood, and they have the imprimatur of his authority, and few knew the neighbourhood as well as he. Most of the rhyming jests had some origin in fact and more than one dates from the early days of the nineteenth century. The Yebberton Mawms to Campden went To buy a donkey was their intent They brought the donkey and hired the groom," 1 And as they came home they shot at the moonhL Singing Hum a dum dee. The Yebberton Mawms to Hideo t went, To fetch a wheel-barrow was their intent, They carried the barrow from town to town For fear its wheels should bruise the ground. Master Keyte, a man of great power Lent 'em a cart to muck the tower, Master Morris, said muck it higher, And out of the top there'll grow a spire. Feb. 4, 1911 S. POLTEB-HALFORD. Master Keyte is obviously a farmer and' Master Morris the wise man of the place laughing at the effort. Mr. Morris got up to brew Something the matter with the chimbley flew j Master Morris got up to see, 'Twas a donkey tied to the chimbley, The donkey was tied to the chimbley top His tail behind went flippity flop, The donkey belonged to Benjamin Harris, .They took him to Moreton to swear his parish. Feb. 24, 1911. S. I OLTEB-HALFOBD. Mr. Polter assured me that this did actually happen, that the unfortunate animal's legs were put in a sack and tied up and the donkey actually lifted into the wide square chimney of the old thatched cottage by seme wild yokels of the place. One moonlight night when it did freeze, The moon shone in the pool, they thought it was a cheese They fetched some rakes to rake about, Then swore they could not get it out. In 1he above case the story is that one year the milk of the Charity ccws was pooled